drawing was made in June last, in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from 

 Mr. Douglas's seeds. 



It is a very neat upright plant, with a nearly simple 

 stem, and very deep purple flowers. It grows readily in 

 common garden soil, and is propagated by division of the 

 roots. 



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Stem erect, simple, round, somewhat flexuose, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves on long stalks, divided into several linear, 

 forked, downy segments; the petioles filiform, more than 



the lamina. Raceme terminal, simple, 

 of from 6 to 8 flowers. Peduncles downy, longer than 

 the flowers ; bracteolcs 2, opposite, subulate, placed under 

 the flowers. Flowers a deep bluish purple. Sepals downy 

 externally in the middle, snorter than the straight, subu- 

 late, obtuse, shrivelled spur. 



J. Lt, 



twice as 



long as 



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